Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2194, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010 Jul;36(4):208-13. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2010.493592.
Little is known about the association between methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors among young South African women between 13 and 20 years of age.
To examine the association between methamphetamine use and condom use among out-of-school South African female adolescents.
Black and Coloured female adolescents were interviewed and categorized into methamphetamine user (n = 261) or non-user (n = 188) groups.
Methamphetamine use was reported by 58% of the total sample. Higher methamphetamine rates were found among young Coloured females (87%) than among young Black females (11%). In a multiple logistic regression analysis that adjusted for relevant confounders and included an interaction term for race and methamphetamine use, Coloured female methamphetamine users were over six times more likely than other participants to report not using a condom the last time they had sex (OR = 6.21; 95% CI = 1.21, 31.94).
Efforts are needed to reduce methamphetamine use and related sexual risk among adolescent females in Coloured communities and to prevent the spread of methamphetamine use in Black African communities.
关于 13 至 20 岁南非年轻女性中冰毒使用与性风险行为之间的关联，人们知之甚少。
研究在校外的南非年轻女性青少年中冰毒使用与 condom（避孕套）使用之间的关联。
对黑人及有色人种女性青少年进行访谈，并将其分为冰毒使用者（n = 261）或非使用者（n = 188）群体。
总样本中报告冰毒使用的比例为 58%。年轻有色人种女性中冰毒使用率较高（87%），而年轻黑人女性中冰毒使用率较低（11%）。在一项调整了相关混杂因素并包括种族和冰毒使用交互项的多变量逻辑回归分析中，与其他参与者相比，使用冰毒的年轻有色人种女性报告上次性行为时未使用 condom 的可能性高出六倍以上（OR = 6.21；95% CI = 1.21, 31.94）。
需要努力减少有色人种社区青少年女性中的冰毒使用和相关的性风险，并防止冰毒在非洲黑人社区中的传播。
